wot-object
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wot-object
@wot_object
ソ連TD・大口径長距離射撃Love∴英TDも育成中。貨幣信用教徒。紅茶好き。現在英刑法・正当防衛の研究中。結果はしたリンクに更新していくつもり。https://t.co/y8Phu6W9wz ETH address 0x56cb90C027FEe9F78600B91E19ad947459b6333F
Katılım Ağustos 2014
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結婚式専用の教会はあるでしょ。クリスマスにせよバレンタインにせよ、キリスト教は男女間の愛の守り手みたいな形で受容されてる
如月 宗一郎@S_kisaragi
〉日本人はキリストやサンタクロースを八百万の神の一柱として受け入れると言う、 これは違うのでは。受け入れてるなら神社なり祠があるはずなので、むしろ逆で、受け入れてないからこそクリスマスだけを商業的に祝ってるのよ。その証拠にイースターは祝っていない。
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 It seems we may just differ in what we value. I understand that you place value on the complete explanation, but I place more value on intellectual humility and ongoing inquiry than on introducing a final stopping point.
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 Except the only cause that is not itself determined would be personal, and the fine tuning of the universe show intelligence. That narrows down to theist religions.
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Thank you for your explanation. I understand how deep culture and religion are connected in Japan.
From a Catholic perspective, some elements can absolutely be preserved. Discipline, gratitude, respect for places are all good and align well with Christian values. (1/3)
Tomoe_jp@Tomoejp1236
日本のアスリートやファンが武道の道場やロッカールーム、スタジアムを掃除してから帰るのも、魂を込めてプレーや応援する聖なる場所だから感謝を込めて掃除をするという(無意識的)宗教行為なんだよ。 このように文化と宗教は連動している。 カソリックにはカソリックの文化があるんだから相互に尊重していればいいでしょ。
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 If the “first cause” is just a provisional model, then there is no significant difference between Christianity and other frameworks. In that case, people from other religions wouldn’t have a compelling reason to change their beliefs.
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 That is why I would argue that a maximally great being avoids being arbitrary, a brute fact, or random; and so avoids pitfalls of other explanations.
I don't think worry that it might be incomplete robs it of being the current best. One can just hold it until something changes.
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 An explanation that artificially stops the chain may feel complete, but it risks being dishonest.
I think a description that remains incomplete but continues to improve is more intellectually honest.
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 We know there must be an explanation because we see the effect that requires an explanation.
The stopping point would be the explanation.
An indefinitely deferred explanation is no explanation at all.
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 An infinite regress may not provide a final explanation, but why must explanation necessary?
Positing a “first cause” seems like introducing a stopping point rather than explaining why such a stopping point is necessary.
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 That would paint the concept of cause and effect as illusion. That a bullet traveling is not explained by traveling the moment before.
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 Your analogies assume that each element in the chain has no intrinsic causal power and only operates by borrowing it. But if one does not accept that assumption, the analogy itself doesn’t necessarily hold.
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 A first cause is like money in the bank: with it you can produce a real causal effect but without it the proliferation of intermediate causes does nothing to effect a real change.
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 Infinite regress feels much more natural to me — and I suspect it's the same for many non-Christians. The idea of a 'first cause' is common in Christian philosophy, but it feels quite arbitrary to me. To be honest, I don't really understand why a 'first cause' is necessary at all
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 Not when applied to existence itself. There would the first chain that has no chain before it.
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@sortitionist @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 Even in the case of an 'original author,' the author can still borrow words, phrases, or concepts from others. So placing an 'original author' at the start of the chain doesn't necessarily prove true originality. The infinite regress problem might still apply at a deeper level.
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@wot_object @Tansanunu @Tomoejp1236 Religion and philosophy are linked.
If you burrow a book from a friend and he says he was burrowing it, and who he burrowed it from also was burrowing it. Could this go on forever or would the book have to be written by an original author to exist?
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